House Dems to Contest Electoral Vote Count - AP

[DoYouEverWonder]

January 4, 2005, 7:07 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- A handful of House Democrats plan a long-shot effort to snarl President Bush's formal re-election by preventing Congress from counting Ohio's pivotal votes when lawmakers tally the electoral vote on Thursday.

No one expects the action to undo Bush's victory. Instead, it seems likely to do little more than call attention to Election Day voting irregularities, a growing frustration for Democrats who blamed similar problems in Florida for Bush's 2000 defeat of Democrat Al Gore.

In a measure of the dispute's political delicacy, proponents are considered unlikely to find a senator who will co-sign the objection, which is required to force Congress to act on the challenge. Most Democrats are reluctant to launch a serious effort to undo the election, in which Bush outpolled Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., by more than 3 million votes nationally.

Even so, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., has sent letters to senators seeking their support for his plan to object to the counting of Ohio's 20 electoral votes, which gave Bush his November victory over Kerry. Some Ohio voters have complained of Election Day fraud, citing a shortage of voting machines at precincts with minority voters, unusually long lines and computer problems.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-electoral-vote,0,2147077.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[WindRavenX]

1. we need a senator

Although it is encouraging to see SOME sort of fight, it won't be enough. We need just ONE senator. THEN things might get interesting...

[jukes]

2. we need a senator

w/balls. i was hoping for hillary...

[WindRavenX]

8. Hillary

That woman is a pitbull. She may suprise us and stand up (I hope!).

[EuroObserver]

3. People should be employing the "apparent" formula

...as in "apparent suicide".

Eg. this phrase: "the election, in which Bush outpolled Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., by more than 3 million votes nationally." would much more accurately read: "the election, in which Bush apparently outpolled Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., by more than 3 million votes nationally."

As Michael Moore well knows, sarcasm works too.

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. What do you expect from the AP

They got stuck having to report the story, so they had to slant it as much as possible.

If you just went by this story you would think that a few crazy Congress Critters were making a big to do about nothing and that they don't have a leg to stand on.

Oh well, bad press is better than no press, I suppose.

[Just Me]

5. It takes JUST ONE SENATOR, for crying out loud!!!

JUST ONE COURAGEOUS HUMAN BEING!!!

Fight, damnit, Fight!!!!

[leftchick]

6. WE Need A Senator!!!

PLEASE!!!

[Massachusetts]

7. We will see

What kind of spine the Dem Sens have, I'm not confident.
The Dem party needs to be purged of these spineless louts.IMO:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. From the sounds of it

most of these Senators, including Hillary, don't have a clue.

If it's not reported in the MSM, then nothing happened from their point of view.

[Moderator]

10. Duplicate topic

You can add this article to the older thread if it offers new information

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1121672